Meet Results

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Six different New Paltz swimmers won individual events, as the State University of New York at New Paltz women's swimming team (3-1) downed cross-river rival Vassar College (1-2-1), 110-87, Saturday afternoon at Elting Pool.

Senior Allison Wells (Shelton, Conn.) was the lone double-event winner individually in the women's meet, clocking the top standard in the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke. She registered a 25.74 in the 50 freestyle, which stood more than half a second better than the second-place competitor, and stopped the clock at 1:04.71 in the 100 backstroke.

The 400 medley relay quartet of sophomore Yuka Suzuka (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), senior Becky Baker (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), sophomore Carly Marshall (Cornwall, N.Y.) and junior Christine Rieth (Penfield, N.Y.) smoked the field in the opening event, handing in a mark of 4:09.51. Freshman Chelsea Allocco (Chatham, N.J.) turned it on in the final 250 yards to create separation from Vassar College's Alison Burns, clocking an 11:08.31. In the 200 freestyle, senior Marissa Morris (Toms River, N.J.) cruised to a 2:01.64 win, and, after Wells won the 50 freestyle, sophomore Carly Marshall (Cornwall, N.Y.) led a 1-2 New Paltz finish in the 400 individual medley just before the first break with a 4:53.06.

The Hawks swept the 100 butterfly, as Suzuka, senior Lori Brown (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and junior Amanda Cloer (Stony Point, N.Y.) finished in sequence. Suzuka took the event in 1:04.19. Junior Christine Rieth (Penfield, N.Y.) went an event-best 55.42 in the 100 freestyle before Wells passed Sam Jones from Vassar in the final 50 to claim the 100 backstroke.

New Paltz's entries in the 500 freestyle, the 100 breaststroke and the 200 freestyle relay were all exhibition. Senior Jessica Lester (Long Beach, N.Y.) provided the fastest time in the 500 freestyle at 5:24.61, while Baker touched first in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.48). The contingent of sophomore Katina Lown (Bohemia, N.Y.), junior Allie Moorhead (Marcy, N.Y.), Lester and Rieth covered the 200 freestyle relay in an event-best 1:45.07. None of those swims factored into the final team scoring.

Vassar's Burns and Shannon Sara scored first-place points in the 500 freestyle (5:31.69) and the 100 breaststroke (1:13.99), respectively.

The Hawks will hone their training over the next few weeks toward the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships, which will run from Dec. 3-5 at Nassau County Aquatics Center in East Meadow, N.Y.